COMMON POSITION from the Council of the European Communities on the proposal for a Regulation amending the Financial Regulation of 2l December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities EP Working Documents, document 468/78, 24 Nov

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COMMON POSITION

from the Council of the European Communities

i

on the proposal for a Regulation amending t(Financial Regulation of 2l December 1977 applicable to the general'budget of the European

Communities

DOCUMENT 468178

English Edition

COUNCIL

OF THE

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 22 November 1979

Mr Emilio COLOMBO

President of the

European Parliament

Case Postale 1601 LIIXEMBOURG

(Grand Duchy of Luxembourg)

Sir,

At its meeting on 20 November L978, the Council adopted a common

position on the draft Regulation annexed hereto, designed to simprify presentation of research and investment appropriations in the Comnunity

budget.

The council is well aware of the importance the European

Parliament attaches to the whole of the Commission proposal amending the Financial Regulation of 21 December L977. It would point out, however, that the adoption of the attached draft Regulation in no way prejudges the common

position which the Council will endeavour to evolve as soon as possible in respect of the other parts of this proposal, including the question of

whether the figures given in research programme _{decisions are binding or}

indicative.

The Council would also point out that the adoption of ghe _draft Regulation appended is extrenely pressing as Chapter 33 of the draft 1979 budget was drawn up on the basis of the simplified presentation of

appropriations.

Since the European Parliament has given overall approval to the

Commission proPosal amending the Financial Regulation and the att,ached

draft Regulat,ion retains unchanged that part of the proposal concerning the simplified presentation of research appropriations, the Council hopes ihat the European Parliament will be able to agree to this draft rapidly so that the Council may adopt it as soon as possible.

r would arso take t,his opportunity to draw your attention to a

correction that should be made to the Annex t,o chapter 33 (page _rfi/rr/L of vol. 4, section rrr - commission) of the draft 1979 budget. when the Council examined the amendment of research appropriations in the Finaneial Regulation it noted, in agreement with the Cornmission, that the footnote at, thebottom of the page _{of the} Annex is incorrect and is based neither

on the current Financial Regulation nor on the draft. Regulation appended.

The Council accordingly requests that this footnote be deleted in the final

version of the budget.

Please accePt, Sir, the assuranee of my highest consideration. M. LAHNSTEIN

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the

arueirdtreuts tnvolv.ed. _{rucluire nore} d.etailed. exauoirratiorr

except es t'egards

the

lututrclrnents

to

the

provisi.ons

of

ti

LIe

VIi

which trro airnerJ

at

ir^trotluciugl

a

s.knplified version

of

the

research c.nd investrrreut

of

gppropriations 1rr _{chapter 33 of}

i;,1 See t.,'16oit/l*

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(asri _7,;1)

(,)

tjee fi,/J13t/78 (i,,rii

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in

Chapter 33

of

the

section

of

the

budget

relating

to

the

Coonissj,on,

tflhereas

_this

_sinplified

_version shor.*d be ad.opted. as

swiftly

as possible;

}TAS ADOPTED THIS BEGIII'AIION:

Ehe tr"inancial Begulation

of

21 December 1977 applicable

io

the

general bufuet

of

the Er:ropean Conmrrnities

is

hereby a.nend.ed' as

follows:

1.

lrticle

89

11he second, and third. paragraphs shal1 be replaced by the follorving:

Approprtate renarks on each subd.ivision sha11

include, in

perticular:

(a)

a

sulnrraJry description

of

the

acti.oa involved.;

(U) i.:l respect

of

budget implementation:

-

the nr:mber

of

persoru:.el authorized.

for

the

current

flnancial

Yeari

-

a

simplified

version

of

the

schedule

of

anor:nts and. due

d.Etes

for

copmitnents a.nd payaents referred,

to

in

the

fourth

para€raph below.

-'-3-['he

following

shall

be annexed,

to

Section

IfI -

eomnri ssion

-

of

the

Budget:

-

a

comparative

table

giving

a

brealcdovyn _{by d,estinaticn and}

type

of

expenditure

_of

the ap.olopriations entered.

in

Chapter ₃₃

in

aecordance rvith

the

classification

provid.ed

for in

Article

90(3) (a) ,

-

&n

indlcatlve

schedule

of

a:r,oui:ts ar:.d. crue cates

for

cornmitaents ancl palments by

Article

and

ften

and.

indicati:g

.oer tra^nehe

the

_estimated

rate

of

_use

_of

_the

_{corresponding}

appropriations

_for

conmltnent and,

the

appropr:.ations

for

palaent.

lhe

sched.ule

shall

be revised each year.

2,

ArticLe 90(2):

the

last

subparagraph

_shalr

_{be rerllaced. by}

_the

_{follovri:,1g:}

"3.

(a)

For

the

research and, investnent _objecti.,res

or

_o1her

activlties

of

Part

r,

the appropriation accouurts of

Part

If

ar:.d.

ihe

_{accor.nts showing}

star'f

_{expencitu:ie of}

Part

rrr,

the

expenditure shaI1 be broken dovre by' i;rye

into

sub-itens as follorvs:

Sub-item

1

2

3

4

9

Heading

S'taff

expenditure

Aoninistrati.ve e.xtrl enditure

Eechnical operatin6; expendi.rure

Investneat

E:rpenCiiure rrnder contracts

Rese:sre aropropria.ti ons

(b)

Pcr na.nagenent pur?oses,

_the

_{sub-itens nay be subdiv:Ld,ed.}

into

categories and, headings v.rhich, as regard.s

sinila:.

expenditiar3, ccmesponc

to

_the chapters end. rtems

of

the

budgetary nonenclature d.eci,c,ed.

in

accord.ance r"ritr _ihe

provisicas

of

Art:.c1e

i5(3)."

Ihe existing

paragraphs

_3,

_{4, i}

_{a:ic 5}

_shall

_{be C.eieteC.}

-4-3.

_4rEgle-91:

lhis

Article

sbal1 be replaced by

the

fo11ow-ing:

tt 1

.

ln

appropriation _{accor:nt shal1 be} prorrided.

for

each

instn:Eeat

of

inplementation referred.

to in

_{.Artic1e 90(2)(U).}

Each appropriatioa accorrnt

shall

show

the

agpropriations

uad.e avalIable

in

the d.ifferent

Articles

aad iterns

in

Part

I

speclfically

for

the

use

of

the

correspond.ing instn:ment of

inpleuentation.

Wlthin

the approlriation

accor:nts and, the accouats refemeil

to in Article

9O(Z)(c)

the

appropriations

shall

be classified, accord.ing

to their

ttrpe.

2,

lhe

charges

to

the

accor:nts showing

staff

expend,iture

referred.

to in

Article

gO(Z)(c) shal1

not

exceed,

the

anor:nts earuarked.

for this

purpose

in

Part

r

of

the

financial

p1an.

Ihe

charges

to

the

appropriatioa accounts sha1l aot

exceed,

the

auount

of

the

appropriations entered.

ia

the

.Art1c1es and

iteus

in

Part

I

of

the

financial

plaas referred.

to ln

Article

_9O(e)(a).

Ilowever,

in

the

ease

of

transfers

or

of

additioaal

a.nor:nts made avai.lable as a

result

of

suBpleueatary

receipts

from outsld.e bod.ies and iad,lrrid.uaIs,

expeudLtrrre nay be increased. 'accordingly:

- for

comltmentsr

rp

to

the

anount

of

tb,e repagments provtded.

for la

the

coatracts coaclud.ed,

with

requesti"g outsid.e

bodlee and, hd,ividuals,

- for

pay:aents, up

to

the

auount

of

the

entttleneats

for

such

3.

Ehe ch,arges

to

the

siaff

expenditlre accounts shal1 be allocated oontbl+

to

Parts

I

a.nd

If of

each

financial

p1an.

lhe

ch,arges

to

the

appropriation accounts

shall

be a] located

nonthly

to

the

researcb. and iavesfuent objectives and other

actirities ia

Part

I of

the financiaL scheme accord,ing

to

the

releva:rt share

of

the work doae by

the

instnloents.

I

Such bookings

shaIl

be

transitted,

to

tb,e

financial

controLler

for

approval, and. then

to

the

accounting

officer.

Ehe cbarges booked

to

researeh and. investment obgectlves a.nd

other

activiti.es

ia

Part

I of

the

financial

_{,plan shal.I be} ailocated,

nonthly

in

the bud,get

to

the

artieLes a:rd.

iteus

in

the

special

chapter prorrided.

for in

Article

87

t

by

tbe

issue

cf

proposels l'cr

comituent

ar:.d

of

patrment ord,ers, whlch shal1

be

transritted,

to

the

fj.:rancial

controller

for

approval, aad. tb,ea

to

i;he accounting

offi-cer

4.

A docr:ment sba11 be attached,

to

the

reveeue and e:qlend,iture accor.mt showing

the resrrlts

of

operatioas charged.

to

each

appropriatloa accoutrt and

of

those charged.

to

the

staff

erpeaditrrre account.

fhis

doer.meat sb,aIl show

the

stater,ent

of

the. balaaees

of

the

.

appropriatioa accounts.

).

-6

?aragraPh 3 sbal1 be d'eleted''

Ehe

eristing

para6faph

4

sbaI1 become para€?aPh 3'

flhe

eristirg

paragraph

5

sball

become pasa€raph 4.

lheexisti-ngparagraphSshallbeconepara€?aph5.

6,

Annex

-

,,Bttdgetarlr nomencl?t'ur9 provided

for in article

89

of

[Yre Finar:.cial Regulation"

[his

Ar:riex shal1 be d'eleted''

[his

R,egulation

shall

enter

into

force

on

...

December 1978.

This RegT

lation

shaIl

be bind'ing

in its

applicable

in all

lriember States'

entirety

and.

directlY

Done

at

Bnrssels,

For

the

Corrncil

[he President

E-a

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